Ok, I have said my piece. I explained why I feel the safe and smart thing to do is to disappear.
But in the last few moments, I received a few PM's...I would like to share them.
The first is somewhat edited, and obviously there is no need to divulge who it is from. It just sort of seems appropriate. The second couldn't possibly be edited, and besides, everyone would know who it was from whether I gave the name or not. Only one person writes like this, misspellings and all!
#1:
Off the record, Max401 is a very-educated yet disturbed person (i.e. Silence of the Lambs). That is the worst combination, since he is intelligent enough to be dangerous on many fronts.
I don't know who this person is, but I do know that if I ever saw him in a bar, I would kick his ass for spite.
Long story short, I'd hate to see you go. You're not the only person that has been "investigated" by Max. I have no idea how severe his prowling was, but if he took it offline and actually called to get information about your house, that is creepy.
He apparently has a mental disorder that causes him to display a severe overcompensative personality. He doesn't like his position in life and cannot understand why his intelligence has not gotten him further. He also cannot stand the fact that there are other people who are more successful or ambitious than he is.
He needs to get help. He lurks on a board solely to investigate other users who are usually very well off financially. Has he ever contributed to an actual discussion? No. Has he ever praised another user? No. Has he used verbose and flowery language to sound superior to others? Yes. Has he wasted his own time doing throughout detective work solely to harass, discredit or scare other users? Yes.
He's a dick. Everyone knows he's a dick. Maybe people can't see through him, but we can.
Stay around -- please!
yours truly,
"XXXX"
#2:
HEY WUSS MEISTER!
FasterPussycat wrote on 07-12-03 02:29 PM:
YOU FREAKING WUSSIE! I KNOW WHAT YOUR UP TOO! YOU DONT FOOL ME! YOUR TRYING TO GET ME & MAX KICKED FROM ET! YOUR TRYING TO MUSTER AS MUCH SUPPORT FOR THIS FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION AS YOU CAN!
WELL IT'S NOT GONNA WORK!
I AM ON TOO YOU!
I KNOW WHAT YOUR UP TOO!
Need more be said? (I would have made FPC's PM to me "anonymous" also, but what would be the purpose? No one else uses all caps and always, always used the wrong homonyms? In this case he went his usual two for two ("your" for "you're", and "too" for "to"). And of course he can't make a contraction work..("dont" for "don't").
There is never mistaking an uneducated moron for anything but an uneducated moron. Or a drunk. But even for FPC it seems a little early to be inebriated (although you never know with a real drunk). In either case, certainly he is a very big exception to what he calls the "general population". Perhaps the best thing about ET is that the members are, on the whole, very bright, and very educated. How FPC found this place will always be a mystery. How he stays here will always be an annoyance to all. I especially feel empathy for the moderators who have to put up with his extreme idiocy.
And no, FPC, I don't want you or Max "kicked from ET". You both serve your purposes here. It's just that for me, I have no use for them!
Max is the resident "investigator" and as for you, every village needs to have it's IDIOT.
FPC couldn't even TRY to disguise himself as "Longshot"..same exact misspellings, same wrong homonyms, same all caps, same insanity.
Peace and goodbye,

RS